Knights Win 6-4
July 14, 2016 - West Coast League (WCL)
Corvallis Knights News Release
WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Center fielder Kyle Nobach capped a four-hit night with an RBI triple in the ninth inning that gave Corvallis a dramatic 6-4 win over host Walla Walla in a West Coast League game at Borleske Stadium.
Nobach's (Oregon State) three-bagger scored Scott Ogrin (Cal Poly in 2017), who walked with one out, breaking a 4-4 deadlock. Emilio Alcantar (Lewis-Clark State) followed with a sacrifice fly for a key insurance run.
Lefty Trenton Dupre (Washington State) retired the Sweets in the ninth for the save. Walla Walla had scored four times in the eighth to erase a 4-0 Corvallis advantage.
Named to the South Division All-Star team earlier this week, Nobach also doubled, singled twice, scored twice and walked while reaching base safely in all five plate appearances. His first four-hit game of the summer raised his average 41 points to .338.
The Knights (27-12 all, 20-12 WCL, 2-3 second half) evened the series at a game apiece. It concludes at 7:05 p.m. Thursday. UC Riverside lefty Hazahel Quijada (1-0, 1.10) is the projected starter for Corvallis, opposed by incoming University of San Diego lefty Chris Murphy (1-1, 3.60).
Alcantar and Michael Farris (UC Riverside) had two RBIs apiece for Corvallis. Farris upped his team-leading total to 18. Ogrin singled, scored twice and had an RBI.
Starter Grant Goodman (San Francisco) allowed three hits over 5.1 scoreless innings and matched his season-high with six strikeouts. His ERA fell from 2.54 to 1.96, but he got a no-decision.
Corvallis tallied twice in the fifth to snap a 22-inning road scoreless streak. Nick Kahle (Washington in 2017) walked, Cody Hawken (Portland) doubled and both scored on groundouts by Ogrin and Alcantar .
They doubled that lead to 4-0 in the seventh when Farris (UC Riverside) singled home Ogrin and Nobach, aboard via one-out singles.
The next home game for the Knights is a 6:40 p.m. Friday matchup against the Cowlitz Black Bears.
Corvallis 6, Walla Walla 4
CORVALLIS 000 020 202 - 6 9 1
WALLA WALLA 000 000 040 - 4 9 0
Goodman, Widell (6), Wong (8) and Kahle; Anderson, Weeg (7), Dimlow (8), Narahara (9) and Mazur. W P: Wong. LP: Narahara. S: Dupre. 2B: Nobach ©, Hawken ©. 3B: Johnston (WW), Nobach ©.
Hits: Corvallis 9 (Nobach 4, Alcantar, Hawken, Taylor, Ogrin, Farris); Walla Walla 9 (Duran 3, Vigo 2, Nyquist, Duer, Johnston, Kauhaahaa).
RBIs: Corvallis 6 (Farris 2, Alcantar 2, Ogrin, Nobach); Walla Walla 4 (Johnston 2, MacIver, Vigo).
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